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Geneva, Nov 08, 2026

LOT 296

ATTRIBUTABLE TO MOŸSE GEVRIL, SWITZERLAND, EARLY SELF-WINDING POCKET WATCH, SILVER

CHF 3,800 - 7,500

HKD 35,300 - 71,000 / USD 4,500 - 9,000 / EUR 4,000 - 8,000 / JPY 720,000 - 1,430,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 19,530

A fine and rare, silver, self winding open-face, key-winding, early self-winding pocket watch with centre seconds. Decorated dial with polychrome flowers, centred by the motto “Non Plus Ultra”. Power-reserve indication at 12 o’clock. Off-centre time dial at 6 o’clock with blued steel Breguet hands.

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Grading System
Grade: AA

Very good
Case: 3-6-8

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched
Movement: 3-6-8*

Good

Slightly oxidized

Slightly scratched

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-01

Good

HANDS Original

Brand ATTRIBUTABLE TO MOŸSE GEVRIL, Switzerland

Year Circa 1780

Caliber 37 mm., gilt-brass movement with going barrel, cylinder escapement, gilded-metal winding weight pivoted at the edge of the backplate, and fixed banking springs.

Diameter 47 mm.

Accessories Accompanied by a fitted box and watch key.

Notes

Similar examples: Antiquorum, Hong Kong, October 2018, lot 318; and Antiquorum, Geneva, 20 October 1991, lot 305, sold for CHF 39,100.

Early self-winding watches: Since the publication of the works by Alfred Chapuis and Eugène Jaquet, this type of self-winding watch has been attributed to Moÿse Gevril (Le Locle, 1749–?), a watchmaker living at Crêt-Vaillant, Le Locle (1952, pp. 179–180; 1956, pp. 188–190). The watch illustrated in these works bears his name engraved with an etching needle and is fitted with a barrel spring signed and dated “DL 9 c January 14, 1781”, probably referring to Daniel Henry Lequeureux, a barrel-spring maker living at Crêt du Locle, who also worked for Philippe DuBois (1738–1808) between 1782 and 1797.